These troops are part of the Nebraska Army National Guard's Afghan
Agribusiness Development Team (I'm not making this up)! In the name of
"national defense," the Afghans will doubtless be militarily "urged" to
purchase farming supplies and resources — with U.S. taxpayer-supplied
dollars — from major corporate agribusinesses. I can only imagine the
day these Army agriculturalists return home to a parade down the main
street of their towns,